Factory Paint Daubs and Assembly Marking
Disk brake pedal support from my 68 coupe New Jersey car. Green paint daub on top of support. |
Headliner bows. The first bow had no paint. Then going front to back, the ends were dipped in red, white and blue paint. |
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68 Instrument Cluster from my 68 coupe New Jersey car. Yellow mark on side of odometer, red circle on one lead to fuel gauge. |
67 Instrument Clueter. "PAINT ON DIAL" written in pencil on back of fuel gauge. Red "M" on back of Bezel under fuel gauge. |
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Original Drive shaft for 68 with a 289/302 and an automatic transmission. |
Stripes are starting to show with a little cleaning. Yellow Green, Pink White and Black. |
Derusted - You can see the stripes better. |
Restored, Used gun blueing to mimic the weld heat marks. |
Ready to Install. |
Installed. |
Drive shaft for 68 with a 289/302 and an automatic transmission.
Here is the passenger side motor mount for the 289. Someone painted the whole thing yellow.
Here is a before and restored shot of the mark on the C4 Transmission.
There is a blue mark on the steering box shown, a white one is on the end to the left and a pink one was on the casting numbers but came off while cleaning.
There is a pink mark on the passenger axel. On the bottom of the axel housing, there is either a B12 or a 1312 in white paint.
For my Diamond Blue mustang's 2/15/68 build date: The sheet metal stamp dates range from 1/20/68 (on the pacage tray brace) to 2/5/68 (on the driver's side Shock Tower) .